Method And Apparatus For Demolding Contact Lens

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APP PUB NO 20160176093A1
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14576233

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Methods and apparatus for manufacturing contact lenses, including demolding contact lens mold assemblies, are described. The apparatus can include a curved wedge separator having an increasing thickness circumferentially from a leading end towards a trailing end, and an increasing radial thickness from an outer circumferential edge towards a central axis. The apparatus can also include a driver. The method can include rotating the separator around a concentric central axis and directing the separator to wedge the separator between or against one or more different mold portions of a mold assembly.

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COOPERVISION INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDFAREHAM PO15 5RL

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Cook, James Bryan Beccles, GB 4 4
Cook, Terence Michael Poringland, GB 5 5
Gibson, John Robert Farnham Common, GB 7 5

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